"And Broke His Crown" on Hoboken Artists' Studio Tour

The satire "And Broke His Crown" will be read as part of the upcoming 2008 Hoboken Artists' Studio Tour on Oct. 19.

As part of this year's Hoboken Artists' Studio Tour,

Gene Wisniewski

will present a staged reading of his satire on the art world, "

And Broke His Crown

."

The reading will take place on Sunday, October 19, at 2 p.m., at the Monroe Bar back room, 302 Monroe Street (at Third Street) in Hoboken."And Broke His Crown" is the story of an aging artist who has been laboring in obscurity for thirty years. His fortunes change when his tantrum-prone girlfriend throws his paintings out of the window of his sixth-floor studio and the resulting pile is mistaken for an art installation. The reading is free to attend.